So yesterday didn't turn out like I expected. It started out all fine and dandy, but then when we were downtown my mom started getting really sick. She had a migrane and began throwing up all over. My sister and I had to take her to an urgent care clinic so she could get some medication. We sat there for 2 1/2 hours. Merry Christmas to us!

The day did get better though. At 6:30 about 15 of us old MHCC folk got together at Red Robin for dinner. It was so nice to see everybody. My friend Wes and his woman (girlfriend, fiancee, wife, etc.) Kristal had a baby in August. I got to see him right before I moved to EC, but it's been a few months since then. Gavin (the baby) has grown up a lot. He was adorable and never cried once. I got to hold him for a bit and really liked it. I seem to be getting more maternal as time goes on; I don't know what to think of that.

I was just going to go home after Red Robin, but Ben Dobay insisted that we all go down to a German restaurant/pub where our friend Michael Sanchez (mama) works. Six of us (Ben, Adam, Billy, Michael Rodriguez, Mike Meskel, and I)went down and drank then after Michael got off work we went to another bar. We stayed there until 1 then went home. In true Eau Claire style Ben wanted to make sure that our friend Adam went back to the Army with a hangover!

Ben came back to my dad's house with me so he didn't have to drive back down to Salem (about 1.5 hours south). It was nice to spend some time with him - even though I see him a lot more than the other guys I was hanging out with.

The weirdest thing was the text message I saw this morning. It was sent at 2:30 and said "We are going to talk a lot after I leave cause. . .I love you." AHHHHHHH!! Thanks Adam! That's exactly what I need!

I don't know what I'm going to do about that. I don't think I'm going to respond. He sent it at 2:30 and had been drinking, so maybe I'll just attribute the message to that. Yeah, that's what I'll do. Ben thought it was funny.

I think I'm going to sit around today. It would be nice to go to Borders or something, but I don't think I can spend any money. It might be nice just to sit around, drink coffee, and watch cable. Hey, that would be just like hanging out at Dave's!

Okay, this is getting long and ridiculous. I'll probably end up writing something later just 'cause I'll be bored.